Uma nova publicação intitulada "The Role of Metadata and Open Data in the Innovation Cycle of Land Administration" (O papel dos metadados e dos dados abertos no ciclo de inovação da administração de terras) destaca esse domínio dinâmico. Essa publicação oferece percepções valiosas sobre a importância dos dados abertos e metadados estruturados e como eles podem revolucionar os processos de administração de terras em todo o mundo.

The celebration of National Panchayati Raj Day marks a redefining moment in the Constitutional history of India to invigorate and strengthen grassroot democracy in the country, through the institution of Panchayati Raj (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992. This day is also remarkable as on 24th April 2020, the Government of India launched a central sector scheme, Survey of villages and mapping with improvised technology in village areas (SVAMITVA). Through implementation of this scheme, GoI aims at formalization of land tenure in the abadi (inhabited) area.

The Budget 2022 has introduced key reforms in land records management that highlights the adoption of an unique land identification number that in turn will be linked to the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) that aims to adopt a pan-India uniform process for registration of deeds and documents. It will be interesting to see how this top-down land records management 2.0 reforms fits within the constitutional and federal framework of the country and addresses the issues of land administration in India.